Is Win 7 OS download available for Home Premium 00359-OEM-8992687-00010

[Joulutonttu]

I guess I’d need to find a correct version of my Windows 7 Home Premium OS for my HP Pavilion laptop. Is there any link available I could download it ?

I have tried official Windows 7 downloads (link below). They work fine but I am not able to activate them. I have tried both Home premium (English version) and Professional (Finnish version). The same activation problem always persists. A Finnish version would be of couse more convenient for me if available.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river

Before any recovery attempts I sought the activation code (xxxxx-xxxxx-BC3HD-73CQT-WMF7J-3Q6C9) with this program (the sticker at the bottom of my computer was not readable any more. I really had it on bottom of my computer, not in the battery box like on newer models.

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder

The whole problem roots from back and fourth installation of Service pack update. 3 months I hoped the problem would automatically solve itself but it persisted. So, first I used the built in recovery possibility from the hard disk of my machine. Soon the problem (back and forth installation and cancelling of service pack update while start up of my computer) appeared again. I tried this 3 times with out any improvement. So I went to seeking for intact OS. These work but I can not activate them! Now the built in Recovery option is not usable any more.

What shall I do ?

SOME DATA

Product ID No: 00359-OEM-8992687-00010

Factory installed OS: Win 7

Product number: WD366EA#UUW

System board ID: 3636

Serial number: CNF0122ZC2

Bios version: F.13

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hyvää Joulua!

The product key you got using the program will not work to activate your installation of W7 because that is what is known as an OEM volume license key, and it can only be used on images installed by the factory.

The product key on the bottom of your notebook is the only one that would have worked but since it is worn off, then of course you are out of luck.

Your only other option other than purchasing a new OEM edition of W7 with a product key is to order a set of recovery disks from the link below.  They should not need a product key to work.

http://www.best2serve.com/page/rcd_hardware_related_products/?product_type_id=4&hardware_product_id=...

[Joulutonttu]

Kiitos pikaisesta vastauksesta !:smileysurprised:

But does that make any sense to by new windows for 49 euros.:smileysad: Even newer second hand working machines are available at 100 euro price and mine is 3 and half year old. Why is it not possible just to download the operation system like normal windows? What is so special with HP’s own OEM operation systems? I’d be just happy to get rid of extra HP’s programs. I need only OS and all the rest I need I do have 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Ole hyvä.

No, unfortunately, it does not make sense to invest that much money, but since the product key is no longer readable, you have no other choice.

Yes, you may be better off investing that money into a newer PC.

This is how it is for all PC manufacturers.  You cannot use the product key from a volume license installation on a single PC.

That is why they put a separate product key sticker on each PC, that has a different key than the one that your program read from the hard drive.  Take a look at the key on the bottom of your PC (what you can read from it), and you will see that it does not match the one that was obtained from the hard drive.

The product key in your PC is pre-activated, and has been used on thousands of dv6 models such as yours.

Since the key is pre activated, you can't activate it again.

So, buy a new or refurbished notebook, buy a new OEM Windows operating system or buy the recovery disks for 49 euros.  Those are your only options.

[CherylG · Accepted solution]

There "might" be one other option-IF you didn't delete or format the Recovery partition.

1.Right-click on "Computer" icon and select manage.
2.This will launch the Microsoft Management Console.
3.On the left side of the MMC, click on "Disk Management" and it will show you all of the partitions.
4.Right-click on the "HP Recovery" partition and select "Mark as Active Partition."
5.When the warning prompt appears, select "Yes" - Reboot and it will automatically boot into the Recovery Manager (do Not press F11).

[Joulutonttu]

Yes, this worked ! Recovery worked after I turned it active 

Santa Claus found me even though we have no snow in Finland this Christmas 

I assume it will appear activated when I connect computer to internet.

I just had problems to find the "disk management" but I found it with the seek tool. May be my net Win 7 was some how different and I could not recognize the buttoms. Now everything is again as it were long time ago. 

So far, I didn't connect that compuret to internet to make the recovery disks later. I need to go and buy, besause I lost the last ones burning the windows intallation DVDs from internet.

Next issue will be how I can avoid mistakes in Service pack installation. Yes, that should happen automatically but last attempts failed and ended up as repeated installation and cancellation. 

I earlier tried to run the setup.exe files with double clicks but they did not start to run.

With activation the partition I succeeded ! 

Thank you